Improvement in miners  boots and shoes



G. LATHAM 8L J. B URTON.

Miners Boots and Shoes.

N0 124,498, Pat entedMarch12,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIGE.

GEORGE LATHAM AND JOHN BURTON, OF JEDDO, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MINERS BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,498, dated March12, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Miners Bootsand Shoes, invented by GEORGE LATHAM and JOHN BUR- TON, of J eddo, inthe county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania.

This invention relates to the construction of boots and shoes forminers; and consists in the construction and arrangement and combinationof parts, the object being to'furnish a shoe or boot of a durablecharacter for operatives in coal-mines.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention.

The miner is compelled to work much on his knees, and to lie on his sideduring the pro cess of working veins of coal. The toe and the sides ofhis shoes and boots, if not specially protected, soon wear out. Much ofthe time the miner is compelled to stand in water which holds mineralsubstances in solution, which is very destructive to leather. Boots andshoes for such hard service, to be durable, must be made ditferent fromthose for ordinary wear.

To accomplish the object which I have in view I re-enforce the toe bythe piece of strong leather A, which is sewed with the upper B securelyto the sole 0. This piece A reaches up over the toe two inches, andextends back on each side, with diminished width, not less than oneinch, except at termination, as seen at e, and is strongly secured tothe upper, as seen at f. G is a re-enforce counter-piece of sole leatherat the heel, sewed with the counter to the heel H, and extending up inthe middle of the heel three inches, more or less, and secured to thecounter as seen at i. J is a metallic plate on each side, which isriveted to the counter-piece D, and to the upper over the sewing, whichnot only makes the connection of the two parts strong, but protects theparts from wear when the miner lies upon his side, as he frequently doesin working veins of coal. The counter extends in a single piece aroundthe heel, and is sewed and protected by the plate J on each side. Withshoes and boots constructed in this manner the miner is much betterprepared for the hard labor which he performs than with foot-gear of theordinary construction.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. As anew article of manufacture, a minersshoe or boot, provided with the re-enforce pieces A and .G, and themetallic plate J, applied to the upper B and counter D, all arranged asshown and described.

2. The metallic plate J, applied to the upper B and counter-piece l), asshown and described, for the purpose specified.

GEORGE LATHAM. JOHN BURTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. OUMMINs, MosEs GRIFFITHS.

